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Residents urge city review of e-bike activity at Western Hills Park; public safety subcommittee to consider Oct. 2
Summary
Residents told the West Des Moines City Council on Sept. 2 that electric bicycles and motorized bikes are creating safety hazards and damaging a stormwater berm at Western Hills Park. The council’s public safety subcommittee will consider the issue at a meeting Oct. 2; no formal policy change was adopted at the council meeting.
West Des Moines residents told the City Council on Sept. 2 that electric bicycles and motorized bikes are creating a collision risk and eroding a stormwater berm at Western Hills Park, and asked the city to impose or enforce park limits. The concerns prompted the mayor and council members to refer the matter to the council’s public safety subcommittee for further review; staff said the subcommittee will meet Oct. 2 and speakers will be notified of the time and place. Resident Blake Buffington, who lives across from Western Hills Elementary, asked the council to "keep the laws, the regulations, and the…
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